{"id":9567,"date":"2025-11-06T21:11:07","date_gmt":"2025-11-07T02:11:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/masspirates.org\/blog\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=9567"},"modified":"2025-12-28T21:09:30","modified_gmt":"2025-12-29T02:09:30","slug":"the-criminalization-of-self-defense","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/masspirates.org\/blog\/event\/the-criminalization-of-self-defense\/","title":{"rendered":"The Criminalization of Self-Defense"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theblackresponsecambridge.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Black Response<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/impactboston.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Impact Boston<\/a> will present <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theblackresponsecambridge.com\/events\/the-criminalization-of-self-defense\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Criminalization of Self-Defense<\/a>, a community education event on Thursday, November 20, from 6:00 to 8:30 PM at The Community Art Center in Cambridge, MA. We are proud to be one of the sponsors of it. <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSerudpGU4BzzMdJF4Ff13lvX06xWXmriCwfih2HHpTsBL4kYw\/viewform\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Please register in advance<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>It is a free and public gathering that will explore how self-defense is criminalized, particularly for Black, Brown, and marginalized survivors, and how communities can reclaim safety through resistance, advocacy, and care.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Featured Speakers will be:<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li>Prof. Alisa Bierria &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/survivedandpunished.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Survived and Punished<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/gender.ucla.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">UCLA<\/a><\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li>Meg Stone &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/impactboston.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Impact Boston<\/a><\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li>Kishana Smith-Osei &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/mawocn\/\">Massachusetts Women of Color Network<\/a><\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li>Lea Kayali &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.palestinianyouthmovement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Palestinian Youth Movement<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/pymboston\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Boston<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.communityartcenter.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Community Art Center<\/a> is at 119 Windsor Street, Cambridge. It is a nine minute walk from Central Square and the MBTA Red Line stop there.<\/p>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<p>FREE food and childcare will be provided. TBR will collect food donations for the network of free Community Fridges<strong>.<\/strong> Please bring nonperishable food items to contribute. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theblackresponsecambridge.com\/events\/the-criminalization-of-self-defense\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">More details are available<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Black Response and Impact Boston will present The Criminalization of Self-Defense, a community education event on Thursday, November 20, from 6:00 to&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_tribe_events_status":"","_tribe_events_status_reason":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"tribe_events_cat":[73],"class_list":["post-9567","tribe_events","type-tribe_events","status-publish","hentry","tribe_events_cat-community-meeting","cat_community-meeting"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/masspirates.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/9567","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/masspirates.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/masspirates.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/tribe_events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masspirates.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/masspirates.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/9567\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9587,"href":"https:\/\/masspirates.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/9567\/revisions\/9587"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/masspirates.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9567"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masspirates.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9567"},{"taxonomy":"tribe_events_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masspirates.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events_cat?post=9567"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}